Last week Marantz announced new universal players that handle everything from CD on up to Blu-ray, but if you're just looking for audio performance, a Blu-ray player is overkill. Especially when Marantz has new CD and SACD players on the market.

It's easy to find a device that can play music from your home network at a price that anyone can afford. It's a little harder though if you're looking for quality. $100 streamers of dubious build and stream quality don't do it for everyone.

It's incredibly rare to find someone with a Blu-ray collection that doesn't have some DVDs lying around too. It's also rare to find an audio junkie that doesn't at least have a few SACDs. The latest player from Marantz are built to satisfy those needs.

There's no word of an international release yet, but it's great to see that the SACD format is still being supported by companies like Sony. The latest player from the company is marketed as more of an entry level device.

A trio of new DAC has been announced by Bel Canto. Led by the DAC3.5VB, BelCanto says that these DACs "significantly raise the bar for digital playback". At the entry level, there's The e.One DAC1.5, with its 24/96 USB input as well as five 24/192 digital inputs. It's got a 1/4 inch headphone jack on the front and a pair of balanced XLR and RCA outputs on the back.